Band-brake.



. C. C. EVANS.

BAND BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED Alma. I916.

mm Dec. 19, 1916.

ATTORNEY.

, other cars without UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CULLEN C. EVANS, Oi LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BAND-BRAKE.

1,208,937. Specification of Letters Patent- Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed April 3, ma. Serial No. sew. To all whom it may concern: drum rigidly in place. The drum 3 rovides Be it known that I, CULLEN G. Evans, 0. eitizen of the United States. residing at Los Angeles. in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Band-Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to an automobile brake band and is especially designed for Ford cars, althou h it may; be applied to departing from the prin ciples of this invention.

he ordinary hand brake as applied to the rear wheels of an automobile generally drags on the brake drum and causes friction and attendant loss of power.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a brake which may be applied to the Ford rear axle without changing the The brake band 12 1s openon construction in any way and which when side as is usual in this class of brakes, applied will provide a larger braking sura face and more positive action, and when the brake is released the band is expanded by spring operated means to entirely release said band from the drum to allow said drum to run free.

Another object is to connect the brake band with the brake pedal through a cord, lever and link connection, in such a. manner that the brake band lever is pulled in a straight line and not at an angle.

Referring to the drawin s: Figure 1 is a rear perspective of one o the rear wheels and rca r axle construction, showing the brake and connections in place. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of one of the brake drums and brake mechanism and taken upon the line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a fra menfer'the construction shown in the drawings A member 8 is bolted to the the rear housing 1, by bolts 10 and 11. The brake band 12 is :1 circular spring bond and is provided with a casting 13, said casting having a projection 14 which is bolted to the bolts 15. vserted into the casting rom and enter 0 member 8. Smal coil springs 19 const ed of piano wire are inserted in theo ings 1S and the pins 16 and 17 her 13 bear against these sprin holding the rear of the brake from the brake drum 3 as shown in F1 13 and project therers is inserted. The

place by the pin 22. A bolt 24 extends through the bracket 20 and jam nuts are screwed upon the lower end thereof outside of said bracket to adjust the same. The upper and of bolt 24 is her 25 which is secured to lever 23 'by'the Jill 26. An arm 27 is formed with the racket 21 and extends inwardly andjs U- shaped clip 28 is held on the outer end of y the bolt 29 to ped into the upper ace of said arm; The c am in bolt 80 tends through the upper end s o the clip 28 tary plan view as seen looking in the irecen thereof, so that said clip may be clam d tion of arrow 3 in Fig. 2. i Fig. 4 is an ento the ndius rod 32 to hold' h brake band larged fragmentary sectional detail taken in position. A compression sprin 33 surupon the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. 1*] 5 enlarged sectional front elevation taken end of the clip 28.

enings '18 drilled into the a much greater braking surface t an thea so portion 9 of Lugs '16 and 17 'are.in-

bell crank brake lever 23 is hingedly held in provided'with a furcated momupon the lines 5-5 of Figs. 2 and 3. 'JlVhen the brake is set the arm 27 moves lefcrring more particularly to the drawdownwardly a slight distance and carries ings, 1 designates the rear axle housing of the bolt 29 with it thereby com ressing a Ford car provided with the ordinary spring 33, and upon releasin the bra eleven brake drum 2. One size of brake band rosaid arm 27 is drawn u War 1 b the action vided with this invention is constructed to of sn-ing 33 which re cases tie ruke'band fit the ordinary drum 2, but prefer to con- 12 f rom frictional contact with the brake struct a larger drum 3 provid edwith interdrum 3 and allows said drum to run free.

nal tapered lugs 4 into which the drum 2 is wedged and bolted to the wheel 5 by the bolts 6, the lugs 7 on the back side of said ment of the castin drum 3 embraciing the spokes of the wheel, A lever 36 1s pivotallv connected by ,tho thereby bracin'g'said wheel and holding the bolt 37 to the undersi e of the running brake which Will not drag on board 38. A link 39 connects the lever 36 with the lever '23, and a connection 40 conneets the lever 36 withthe foot pedal of the machine. The lever 36 transmits a strai ht ull to the lever 23 and obviates the ang'u ar pull occasioned by connecting direct from the foot pedal.

It is obvious that I have constructed a the drum and will be more positive in action thereby decreasing frietion and increasing power transmitted to the rear wheels.

I claim:

' 1. In a brake for an automob'ile, the combination of a brake drum, a brake band thereon a band spacing mechanism comprising a support having a lurality of parallel sockets, a band holding member provided with a plurality of pins slidablv mounted in said sockets, springs in said sockets engaging said pins and tending to move said band away from the periphery of said drum, and a stop to limit the outward movement of said band. 1

2. In a brake for automobiles, the combi nation of a brake drum, a brake band thereon, a spacing mechanism comprising a sup port having a socket, a band holding member provided with a pin slidably mounted in said socket, resilient means in said socket tending to move said band holding member away and a sto to limit the outward movement f saidbancl holding member.

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this spec fication.

CULLEN o. EVANS.

from the periphery of said drum 

